Ami Yumoto

Ami Yumoto completed her bachelor's degree at Tokyo University of the Arts with Prof Kazuki Sawa, Gerard Poulet and Oleh Krysa. In 2011, she transferred to the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin. There she initially studied with Prof Saschko Gawriloff. Under Prof Mark Gothoni, she successfully completed her master's degree in the instrumental soloist programme and her concert exam.

In 2011, she won 1st prize at the Queen Sophie Charlotte International Violin Competition. In 2015, she was a semi-finalist at the 54th International Paganini Competition and was awarded 3rd prize at the Ibolyka Gyarfas Foundation Violin Competition.

At the Carl Flesch Academy in Baden-Baden, she was honoured with the Carl Flesch Academy Sponsors' Association Prize and the Brahms Prize.

She has performed as a soloist with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra and the Salzburg Soloists, among others.

She has been a member of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden since 2017 and 2nd concertmaster of the 1st violins since 2021.